Weekly round-up of cases at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

January 7

Simon Protheroe, 36, of Kings Road, High Wycombe. Driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the limit. Fined £60. Disqualified from driving for 40 months.

Simon Protheroe, 36, of Kings Road, High Wycombe. Driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the limit. Fined £60. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 40 months.

January 8

Cameron Baker, 26, of Chalfont Road, Seer Green. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £323. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 14 months.

Cyril Mankefo, 31, of Lent Green Lane, Burnham. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £276. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 20 months.

Christopher Ridley, 39, of Coalmans Way, Burnham. Theft of a pedal cycle. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £105.

Charles Bamber, 37, of Green Street, High Wycombe. Begging in a public place. Fined £40. Costs £85. Failure to surrender to custody. Committed to prison for five days consecutive to offence number one. Failure to comply with the supervision requirements imposed following release from prison. Committed to prison for seven days. Failure without reasonable cause to surrender to custody. Committed to prison for five days.

January 9

Louisa Andrews, 38, of St Hughs Avenue, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £300. Costs £85. Disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Mohammed Asif, 39, of Gladstone Road, Chesham. Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis/cannabis resin). Fined £80. Costs £115. Drugs destroyed.

Emma Gibbons, 46, of Little Marlow Road, Marlow. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Community order made. Costs £85. Assault by beating. Community order made.

Daniel McMillan, 22, of Bowler Lea, Downley. Drunk and disorderly in a public place. Fined £80. Costs £115.

Sabu Picha, 50, of Marlow Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £1850. Costs £205. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Piotr Szczepaniak, 24, of Hughenden Road, High Wycombe. Harassment – breach of a restraining order. Committed to prison for eight weeks suspended for 12 months. Costs £200.

Charles Webber, 31, of Alexander Street, Chesham. Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis/cannabis resin). Fined £80. Costs £115. Drugs destroyed.

Richard Crane, 58, of Rydal Way, High Wycombe. Assault by beating. Fined £350. Compensation £50. Costs £120.

Claire Muszalik, 39, of Micklefield Road, High Wycombe. Failure to comply with the supervision requirements imposed following the release from prison. Fined £40. Costs £60.

Andrew George, 21, of The Pastures, High Wycombe. Failure to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Order to continue. Fined £120. Costs £60.

Tomasz Slawik, 29, of Broad Lane, Wooburn Green. Failure to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence. Fined £153. Costs £60.

January 10

Nethan Burke, 29, of Mayhew Crescent, High Wycombe. Failure to provide specimen for analysis. Community order made. Costs £170. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

George Southwell, 23, of Honor Road, Prestwood. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £135. Costs £280. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Jay Conyers, 33, of New Road, Stokenchurch. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Committed to prison for 26 weeks suspended for 18 months. Restraining order made. Costs £200.

Charlie Hayward, 24, of Grove Road, Amersham. Assault by beating. Community order made. Compensation £50. Costs £85. Assault by beating. Community order made. Assault by beating. Community order made.

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